Gold armor

Gold armor

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Statistics

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	16 (13+3) (set)
Set Bonus	3 defense
Rarity	00*
Sell	: 120 /  : 140 (set)

Entities dropping
Ancient Gold Helmet

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Skeleton Skeleton	1	0.5%
Spore Skeleton Spore Skeleton	1	0.5%

Gold armor is the fourth armor set in the game.

It takes a total of 75 / 90 Gold Bars to craft a full suit, or 300 / 360 Gold Ores.

It consists of a Gold Helmet, Gold Chainmail and Gold Greaves.

The Ancient Gold Helmet is a rare drop from Skeletons in the Underground or can also be obtained from dropping a Gold Helmet into Shimmer, and is functionally identical to the Gold Helmet. The two helmets are interchangeable, with no bonus loss.

A full set grants a basic 13 defense plus a set bonus of 3 defense, which equals a total of 16 defense.

Set

Gold Helmet

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Statistics

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	4
Body slot	Helmet
Rarity	00*
Sell	30
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 92
• Internal Armor ID: 4

Ancient Gold Helmet

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Statistics

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	4
Body slot	Helmet
Rarity	00*
Sell	50
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 955
• Internal Armor ID: 73

Gold Chainmail

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	5
Body slot	Shirt
Rarity	00*
Sell	50
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 83
• Internal Armor ID: 4

Gold Greaves

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	4
Body slot	Pants
Rarity	00*
Sell	40
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 79
• Internal Armor ID: 4

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Gold Chainmail	Gold Bar30	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
only: Gold Chainmail	Gold Bar35
only: Gold Greaves	Gold Bar25
only: Gold Greaves	Gold Bar30
only: Gold Helmet	Gold Bar20
only: Gold Helmet	Gold Bar25
Gold Helmet	Ancient Gold Helmet	Shimmer Transmutation

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Ancient Gold Helmet	Gold Helmet	Shimmer Transmutation

Notes

• The Ancient Gold Helmet has the same sprite that the Gold Helmet had before 1.0.3, thus the term "Ancient".
• The Ancient Gold Helmet is available even if a world generated with Platinum Ore. However, obtaining a Gold armor set to complete its set bonus is much harder in this case.

Tips

• Due to its high ore requirement, it is advisable to skip Gold armor. The next tier of armor is usually available before the player can get enough Gold to craft the armor set.

Trivia

• Prior to 1.3, if the Frost Breastplate and Leggings were paired with a Gold Helmet, and all pieces were dyed with Blue Flame and Black Dye, it would cause an afterimage and pulsing aura, akin to Hallowed armor. This was the armor Red used to wear before his specific set was added.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Gold Helmet and Ancient Gold Helmet are now used to craft each other via shimmer.

• Desktop 1.4.1: Gold Bars needed to craft the Gold Helmet, Gold Chainmail, and Gold Greaves respectively decreased from 25/35/30 to 20/30/25.

• Desktop 1.3.2: Sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.2: Ancient Gold Helmet introduced.

• Desktop 1.1:
  • No longer used in the crafting recipe for Molten armor.
  • Graphics variant for female characters added.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Now used in the crafting recipe for Molten armor.

• Desktop 1.0.3: Armor graphics changed.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Ancient Gold Helmet introduced.

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Ancient Gold Helmet introduced.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.